1987–88 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1987–88 Toronto Maple Leafs season saw the Maple Leafs finish in fourth place in the Norris Division with a record of 21 wins, 49 losses, and 10 ties for 52 points. Despite posting the second-worst record in the league, they qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs on the last day of the season in part due to playing in an extremely weak Norris Division; the division champion Detroit Red Wings were the only team in the division with a winning record. Their .325 winning percentage is the third-worst in franchise history, and one of the lowest ever for a playoff qualifier. They lost to the Red Wings in six games in the Division Semi-finals.

Regular season

The Maple Leafs finished last in power-play goals scored (54), power-play opportunities (347) and power-play percentage (15.56%).^[1]

Final standings

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Detroit Red Wings	80	41	28	11	322	269	93
St. Louis Blues	80	34	38	8	278	294	76
Chicago Blackhawks	80	30	41	9	284	328	69
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	21	49	10	273	345	52
Minnesota North Stars	80	19	48	13	242	349	51

^[2]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 8, 1987	7–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	1–0–0
2	W	October 10, 1987	5–2	New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	2–0–0
3	L	October 14, 1987	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	2–1–0
4	L	October 16, 1987	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)	2–2–0
5	W	October 17, 1987	7–4	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)	3–2–0
6	L	October 21, 1987	3–10	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	3–3–0
7	L	October 24, 1987	4–7	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	3–4–0
8	W	October 28, 1987	5–2	New York Islanders (1987–88)	4–4–0
9	W	October 29, 1987	4–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	5–4–0
10	W	October 31, 1987	6–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	6–4–0
11	W	November 4, 1987	7–3	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)	7–4–0
12	W	November 5, 1987	7–6	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88)	8–4–0
13	L	November 7, 1987	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	8–5–0
14	L	November 9, 1987	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	8–6–0
15	L	November 11, 1987	2–3	Boston Bruins (1987–88)	8–7–0
16	W	November 14, 1987	6–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	9–7–0
17	L	November 15, 1987	4–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	9–8–0
18	L	November 18, 1987	3–6	St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	9–9–0
19	T	November 19, 1987	3–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	9–9–1
20	T	November 21, 1987	6–6 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	9–9–2
21	W	November 24, 1987	4–3	@ New York Islanders (1987–88)	10–9–2
22	L	November 25, 1987	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1987–88)	10–10–2
23	L	November 28, 1987	2–4	Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	10–11–2
24	L	December 1, 1987	2–3 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	10–12–2
25	L	December 3, 1987	3–5	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88)	10–13–2
26	L	December 5, 1987	2–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	10–14–2
27	W	December 7, 1987	5–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)	11–14–2
28	W	December 12, 1987	4–3	New York Rangers (1987–88)	12–14–2
29	L	December 13, 1987	1–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	12–15–2
30	W	December 15, 1987	5–3	Washington Capitals (1987–88)	13–15–2
31	L	December 18, 1987	2–4	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88)	13–16–2
32	L	December 19, 1987	2–6	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	13–17–2
33	T	December 21, 1987	0–0 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	13–17–3
34	W	December 23, 1987	5–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	14–17–3
35	L	December 26, 1987	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	14–18–3
36	T	December 28, 1987	4–4 OT	Washington Capitals (1987–88)	14–18–4
37	L	December 30, 1987	1–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	14–19–4
38	L	January 2, 1988	4–6	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	14–20–4
39	T	January 4, 1988	7–7 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	14–20–5
40	T	January 6, 1988	5–5 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	14–20–6
41	L	January 8, 1988	3–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	14–21–6
42	L	January 10, 1988	3–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)	14–22–6
43	T	January 13, 1988	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	14–22–7
44	L	January 15, 1988	3–7	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	14–23–7
45	L	January 16, 1988	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	14–24–7
46	L	January 18, 1988	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)	14–25–7
47	L	January 21, 1988	4–5	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	14–26–7
48	L	January 23, 1988	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	14–27–7
49	L	January 25, 1988	3–11	Calgary Flames (1987–88)	14–28–7
50	W	January 27, 1988	5–2	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	15–28–7
51	T	January 29, 1988	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)	15–28–8
52	T	January 30, 1988	5–5 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)	15–28–9
53	L	February 1, 1988	4–5	St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	15–29–9
54	L	February 4, 1988	1–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	15–30–9
55	L	February 5, 1988	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	15–31–9
56	L	February 7, 1988	2–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	15–32–9
57	W	February 11, 1988	4–3	New York Islanders (1987–88)	16–32–9
58	W	February 13, 1988	7–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	17–32–9
59	L	February 14, 1988	2–7	New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	17–33–9
60	T	February 17, 1988	4–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	17–33–10
61	W	February 19, 1988	5–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	18–33–10
62	L	February 20, 1988	0–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	18–34–10
63	L	February 22, 1988	2–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	18–35–10
64	W	February 24, 1988	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	19–35–10
65	L	February 27, 1988	2–6	St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	19–36–10
66	L	March 2, 1988	3–4	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	19–37–10
67	L	March 3, 1988	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88)	19–38–10
68	L	March 5, 1988	1–10	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)	19–39–10
69	L	March 8, 1988	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	19–40–10
70	L	March 9, 1988	3–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	19–41–10
71	W	March 12, 1988	6–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	20–41–10
72	L	March 15, 1988	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	20–42–10
73	L	March 16, 1988	2–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	20–43–10
74	L	March 19, 1988	3–4	New York Rangers (1987–88)	20–44–10
75	L	March 22, 1988	3–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	20–45–10
76	L	March 24, 1988	1–7	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88)	20–46–10
77	L	March 26, 1988	2–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	20–47–10
78	L	March 28, 1988	4–6	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	20–48–10
79	L	April 1, 1988	3–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)	20–49–10
80	W	April 2, 1988	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)	21–49–10

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk	C	80	42	33	75	55	-22	14	4	3
Leeman, GaryGary Leeman	RW	80	30	31	61	62	-6	6	0	0
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	LW	79	23	37	60	102	-3	4	2	0
Iafrate, AlAl Iafrate	D	77	22	30	52	80	-21	4	3	4
Fergus, TomTom Fergus	C	63	19	31	50	81	5	5	0	0
Courtnall, RussRuss Courtnall	RW	65	23	26	49	47	-16	6	3	1
Damphousse, VincentVincent Damphousse	C	75	12	36	48	40	2	1	0	2
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	74	15	27	42	221	-21	2	0	0
Frycer, MiroslavMiroslav Frycer	RW	38	12	20	32	41	8	1	0	2
Ihnacak, PeterPeter Ihnacak	C	68	10	20	30	41	-6	0	0	0
Lanz, RickRick Lanz	D	75	6	22	28	65	-12	3	0	0
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming	D	66	2	24	26	82	7	1	0	0
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	D	65	8	17	25	131	-20	1	0	3
DeGray, DaleDale DeGray	D	56	6	18	24	63	4	1	0	1
Clark, WendelWendel Clark	LW/D	28	12	11	23	80	-13	4	0	1
Terrion, GregGreg Terrion	LW	59	4	16	20	65	-6	1	0	1
Daoust, DanDan Daoust	C	67	9	8	17	57	-7	0	0	1
McKenna, SeanSean McKenna	RW	40	5	5	10	12	-11	0	0	1
Richardson, LukeLuke Richardson	D	78	4	6	10	90	-25	0	0	0
Yaremchuk, KenKen Yaremchuk	C	16	2	5	7	10	-7	0	0	0
Blaisdell, MikeMike Blaisdell	RW	18	3	2	5	2	-5	0	0	1
Semenko, DaveDave Semenko	LW	70	2	3	5	107	-8	0	0	0
Wregget, KenKen Wregget	G	56	0	5	5	40	0	0	0	0
Kotsopoulos, ChrisChris Kotsopoulos	D	21	2	2	4	19	-3	0	0	0
Allison, MikeMike Allison	LW	15	0	3	3	10	0	0	0	0
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	G	30	0	3	3	6	0	0	0	0
Curran, BrianBrian Curran	D	7	0	1	1	19	3	0	0	0
Dallman, MartyMarty Dallman	C	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Fauss, TedTed Fauss	D	13	0	1	1	4	6	0	0	0
Stothers, MikeMike Stothers	D	18	0	1	1	42	-6	0	0	0
Verstraete, LeighLeigh Verstraete	RW	3	0	1	1	9	-2	0	0	0
Jarvis, WesWes Jarvis	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Laxdal, DerekDerek Laxdal	RW	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
McRae, ChrisChris McRae	LW	11	0	0	0	65	0	0	0	0
Reese, JeffJeff Reese	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Wregget, KenKen Wregget	3000	56	12	35	4	222	4.44	2	1712	1490	.870
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	1607	30	8	12	5	102	3.81	2	879	777	.884
Reese, JeffJeff Reese	249	5	1	2	1	17	4.10	0	128	111	.867
Team:	4856	80	21	49	10	341	4.21	4	2719	2378	.875

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk	C	6	5	4	9	2	1	1	1
Iafrate, AlAl Iafrate	D	6	3	4	7	6	2	0	0
Fergus, TomTom Fergus	C	6	2	3	5	2	0	1	0
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	D	6	1	3	4	20	1	0	0
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	LW	6	1	3	4	16	0	0	1
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming	D	6	1	3	4	8	0	0	0
Courtnall, RussRuss Courtnall	RW	6	2	1	3	0	0	0	0
Blaisdell, MikeMike Blaisdell	RW	6	1	2	3	10	0	0	0
Ihnacak, PeterPeter Ihnacak	C	5	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
Leeman, GaryGary Leeman	RW	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0
Terrion, GregGreg Terrion	LW	5	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Yaremchuk, KenKen Yaremchuk	C	6	0	2	2	10	0	0	0
Marois, DanielDaniel Marois	RW	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	6	1	0	1	16	0	0	0
Damphousse, VincentVincent Damphousse	C	6	0	1	1	10	0	0	0
DeGray, DaleDale DeGray	D	5	0	1	1	16	0	0	0
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Curran, BrianBrian Curran	D	6	0	0	0	41	0	0	0
Daoust, DanDan Daoust	C	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Frycer, MiroslavMiroslav Frycer	RW	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Johnson, TerryTerry Johnson	D	3	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Lanz, RickRick Lanz	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
McKenna, SeanSean McKenna	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Richardson, LukeLuke Richardson	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wregget, KenKen Wregget	G	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	253	5	2	3	21	4.98	135	114	.844
Wregget, KenKen Wregget	108	2	0	1	11	6.11	62	51	.823
Team:	361	6	2	4	32	5.32	197	165	.838

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1987-88 season.

Trades

September 3, 1987	To Chicago Blackhawks Rick Vaive Steve Thomas Bob McGill	To Toronto Maple Leafs Al Secord Ed Olczyk
September 8, 1987	To Hartford Whalers Bill Root	To Toronto Maple Leafs Dave Semenko
September 17, 1987	To Calgary Flames 5th round pick in 1988 - Scott Matusovich	To Toronto Maple Leafs Dale DeGray
December 14, 1987	To Los Angeles Kings Mike Allison	To Toronto Maple Leafs Sean McKenna
March 8, 1988	To New York Islanders 6th round pick in 1988 - Pavel Gross	To Toronto Maple Leafs Brian Curran
June 10, 1988	To Detroit Red Wings Miroslav Frycer	To Toronto Maple Leafs Darren Veitch

Waivers

October 5, 1987	To Buffalo Sabres Kevin Maguire

Free agents

Player	Former Team
Mike Blaisdell	Pittsburgh Penguins
Mark Kirton	Vancouver Canucks

Roster

1987-88 Toronto Maple Leafs

Goaltenders

1 – Jeff Reese
30 – Allan Bester
31 – Ken Wregget

Defensemen

2 – Luke Richardson
3 – Dale DeGray
4 – Rick Lanz
21 – Borje Salming
23 – Todd Gill
25 – Mike Stothers
26 – Chris Kotsopoulos
28 – Brian Curran
33 – Al Iafrate
34 – Ted Fauss

Wingers

7 – Greg Terrion
8 – Sean McKenna
8 – Mike Allison
10 – Vincent Damphousse
11 – Gary Leeman
12 – Mark Osborne
14 – Miroslav Frycer
15 – Derek Laxdal
16 – Ed Olczyk
17 – Wendel Clark
20 – Al Secord
22 – Mike Blaisdell
27 – Dave Semenko
28 – Leigh Verstraete
32 – Chris McRae
35 – Marty Dallman

Centres

9 – Russ Courtnall
15 – Ken Yaremchuk
18 – Peter Ihnacak
19 – Tom Fergus
24 – Dan Daoust
32 – Wes Jarvis
GM: Gerry McNamara
Coach: John Brophy

References

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1988.html
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1987-88 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

"1987–88 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-21.

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1987–88 Toronto Maple Leafs season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Transactions

Trades

Waivers

Free agents

Roster

See also

References

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